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23 November 2009

Voiceworks, The Words We Found + a COMPETITION

A lot of people ask me how I first got published.

It happened when I was twelve. My mum bought me a copy of Voiceworks magazine. Voiceworks (in case you are unfortunate enough not to know) is Australia's literary journal for under 25s, published by Express Media. It's awesome.

Well, I wrote a poem and sent it off to Voiceworks, and to my utter joy it was accepted, and soon afterwards I received a cheque for $40 and a shining copy of the magazine. My first publication.

That was in 1994 (I think). I had an opportunity to revisit that poem recently, and let me tell you - it isn't very good. It's bloody awful, actually.

2009 is Voicework's 21st birthday, and I'm totally excited to still be involved (I'm on the management committee of Express Media). Voiceworks gave me my start, and 5 published books under my belt, I couldn't be more grateful or admiring of the work it does.

Happy Birthday, Voiceworks!

Now...

Do you want to read that terrible first poem I wrote? Here's your opportunity. To celebrate the 21st, Express Media has published The Words We Found, an anthology of Voiceworks' best writing by young people (edited by Lisa Dempster).
To WIN a copy of this anthology, leave a comment on this post. A winner will be picked at random on Monday 29/11/09.

And wondering what to get a budding young writer for Christmas?
Buy a copy of The Words We Found.
Subscribe to Voiceworks.

10 comments:

admin said...

I want to go to there.

Victoria said...

Wow, I really wish that I'd been that proactive with my writing when I was 12.

Steph Bowe said...

Yay! Looks brilliant.

Jade said...

I love voiceworks! I stumbled upon it last year (or was it the year before?).

kate.o.d said...

i remember turning 25 and thinking that i really should have got my arse into gear and submitted something to voiceworks. i felt really sad that i missed that opportunity.
love all your books, lili. we want to do 'pink' for the teen bookclub i run...the girls are really excited.

Megan Burke said...

I too love Voiceworks, and it couldn't've been that bad if it was accepted!

Anjulie Pickett said...

It looks very interesting, I've never heard of voiceworks again so I'll check them out! He he, i want to here to poem.

Be said...

Hey, Lili. It's one of the kids that will be interviewing you tomorrow. Well. Just writing to say hi. And to WIN a copy. Looks very interesting. See you tomorrow!

Aidan said...

I wrote to voiceworks. I don't even think I was published. I don't remember anymore.

Miss Cackle said...

I wish I had known about Voiceworks when I was twelve! I don't think news of this marvellous organisation reached us way down here in lil ol Tassie!